4 Days Yungang Grottoes, Wutai Mountain, Pingyao Town Private Tour From Beijing

4 Days Yungang Grottoes, Wutai Mountain, Pingyao Town Private Tour From Beijing

This 4 days culture day made you full experienced Shanxi province and this is totally private, you can tailor made your itinerary based on your inquiry. Enjoy the 4 days unforgettable trip!

Itinerary

Day 1: Beijing- Datong

Stop At: Yungang Grottoes, Wuzhou Mountain, Urban Area, Datong 37000 China
This morning you will go to the train station from Beijing on your own. (We will arrange the train tickets from Beijing - Datong, Second seats, only 1.40hours). After arrival Datong train station, our professional driver and English Tour guide will pick you up, start your 4 days' trip in Shannxi province. First visit Yungang Grottoes, It's a historic monument combing the Chinese culture with Western one as it is a Buddhist art treasure house of royal style, which a nationality has spent nearly a dynasty completing for the first time ever since the Buddhist art was spread to China. It was promulgated one of the first group of key cultural relics preservation units by the State Council in March 1961. Yungang Grottoes were inscribed into the World Cultural Heritage List by the UNESCO In December 2001 and became first group of 5A levet Chinese Tourist Areas in May 2007.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Huayan Temple of Datong, Daxi Street, Urban Area, Datong 037004 China
Second after lunch we will continue visit Huayan Temple, It is a Buddhist temple located in Datong, Shanxi, China.. Huayan Temple has been burned down and rebuilt several times. The Mahavira Hall and Buddhist Texts Library still preserve the architectural style of the Liao and Jin dynasties (907–1234).
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nine Dragon Screen, Yanghe Street, Cheng District, Datong 037000 China
Third we will go for visit Nine Dragon Screen, built over 600 years ago, is presently the oldest and largest glazed screen in China today. It is three times larger than that in Beihai Park, Beijing City.. The screen, built for the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has been well preserved and remains intact to this day.
After that we will transfer you to the hotel you booked, have a rest and over night.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Please book the hotel on your own and leave your hotel name.

Day 2: Datong- Wutai Mountain

Stop At: Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si), Hengshan, Datong China
Today 08:30AM, our driver and guide will pick you up and transfer to visit Hanging Temple, It is is a temple built into a cliff (75-metre (246 ft) above the ground) near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, China. The closest city is Datong, 64.23-kilometre (39.91 mi) to the northwest.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Wutai Shan (Five Terrace Mountain), Within Wutai County, Wutai County 035500 China
After lunch, we will take around 3.5 hours transfer to arrival Wutai Mountain, go to your hotel have a rest and overnight, start to visit whole Wutai mountain area tomorrow.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Please book the hotel on your own and leave your hotel name.

Day 3: Wutai Mountain- Pingyao

Stop At: Wutai Shan (Five Terrace Mountain), Within Wutai County, Wutai County 035500 China
Today you will have full day visit this famous mountain and our guide will give you all the information about the history, Mt. Wutai is located at the northeast part of Shanxi. The mountain is the most famous Buddhism Mountain among the "Four Buddhism Mountains of China" (Mt. Wutai, Mt. Emei, Mt. Jiuhua, and Mt. Putuo), one of the "Five Buddhist Sacred Place in the W orld" (Mt. Wutai in China, Lumbinī in Nepal, and Sārnāth, Bodh Gaya, Kusinagar in India) and the top among the "Ten Summer Resort Mountains of China". Besides the amazing mountain landscapes, visitors can also take a visit to the temples on Mt. Wutai and learn about Buddhism culture in China.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Ancient City of Pingyao, In Pingyao County, Pingyao County 031100 China
Afternoon, we will take around 3 hours transfer to Pingyao ancient town, you can have a rest and enjoy the night view of Pingyao.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Please book the hotel on your own and leave your hotel name.

Day 4: Pingyao- Beijing

Stop At: Ancient City of Pingyao, In Pingyao County, Pingyao County 031100 China
Pingyao is a small, well-preserved, ‘ancient city’, famed for centuries-old architecture and China’s first bank. Recommended for photography and history lovers, it’s between Beijing and Xi’an, in north China.
After that, we will lead you to train station, and take around 4 hours high speed train back to Beijing.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.